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OKINAWA GUNTO
SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO OKINAWA
GUNTO INFORMATION BULLETIN
NUMBER 161-44. 15 NOVEMBER 1944.
this
CINCPAC-CINCPOA
58 FEBRUARY 1945
MAP 19<5
CINCFAC-CINCPOA BULLETIN No. ' 5 3 - 4 5 ' | B Fob 7 1945
OKINAWA GUITTO
FOREvVORD
CVL-28.
• ^ 2 ! 1965
I. Summary 1
Northern Section 4
Southern Section . . . . . • 5
B. Airfiolds , 15-26
C. Towns , 27-34 •
KERAMA R o t t o Man • . • . . 36
KERAMA R e t t o P h o t o s 37
A . S u m m a r y • . . . 3 5
B . E s t i m a t e d T r o o p D i s p o s i t i o n s . . « , . , • • 3 5 » 3 B
C . I n d i v i d u a l I s l a n d s . . 3 8 - 4 6
IV, KU1CE'Shima . . • , . . , . ; 4 7 - 4 8
KUKE Shima'Map , • , , . . . . • • • 4 7
P r i n c i p a l H i g h w a y B r i d g e s M a p . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7 a
V. AGUNI Shima, 4 9
VI, T O N A C K I S h i m a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 0
VII, IZENA. S h i m a , . 5 1
SECOND SUPJPLELISRT
I. SUMMARY;
1
127
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J JV P A N
Kagoihirp^ PRINCIPAL INSTALLATIONS
•::-::ii::::'-::::i
KEY M A P • /
NOTE: Defense cone ntration areas are shown thus:
.i i
• , /
Radar reported f-^^
IHEYA RETTO M^ Ih •y.i Jinx
n Madomor
2T
fii:
Minor supply depot
for small subma
rines and PT boats.
Radio station
Spacious
anchorage
YONTAN
Airfield
Radio station
RDF
Oft, r y ^ • :' -^H
KATSKA
iinergency landing ground Airfield.
Radio weather station
Radar
NAHA (extensively damaged Potential fleet
Leading port of NAN3EI 3 anchorage.
Defense Command Hq.
Minor naval supply base OKINAWA JIMA
3 radio stations
Rffl
MACHINATO
Airstrip.
Y0KA3ARU
Airstrip under
construction.
KAHA Airfield
Radio station
5 RDF
f [Refuge anchorage
{j'leet anchorage
|3 radio stations!
IT01.IAN
A i r s t r i p under
construction
NANSEI SHOTO
O K I N A WA GU N T O
HEIGHTS IN FEET
ll'»
KANNA .,**,.*
V
Y7' \ AKASE SAKI
TRENCH AND
RIFLE PITS
NAKADOI
NAMORIDA SAKI
"'"".,„/ V**"1"*
:
- MINAMI UKIBARU
BANARE
M.KATCHIN HANTO
\ \
\
ANTI-TANK TRENCH
LEGEND
ARTILLERY EMPLACEMENT
MACHINE GUN EMPLACEMENT KUTAKA SHIMA
( 13 MM OR UNQER )
RADAR
SEARCHLIGHT
fey
KE ISE SHIMA
\
>
V"
\OHMA
//
DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS OF \S >"% LIFU SHIMA ^
SOUTHERN
OKINAWA SHIMA
AND ADJACENT ISLANDS
NANSEI SHOTO \
X
AS OF 22 JANUARY 1945
\ O \ \^=^~^r-- OKINAN KAKU
APPROXIMATE SCALE IN YARDS CHIYAMU ZAKI "'" y '
WOO 0 1000 2000 3000 40O0 5OOO
SHEET I OF 2
t DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS
CO
OKINAWA
JIMA
SOUTHERN OKINAWA SHIMA
ad
' 26--3O- N NANSEI SHOTO
If \ ^HEET 1 AS OF 22 JANUARY 1945
APPROXIMATE SCALE IN YARDS
EET 2 0 1000 2000
H I
LE6EN0
nisT^te-S
5v°/ KANNA
SAKI
NAKAGUSUKU WAN
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JCPOA L" 50225-24 OKINAWA GUNTO. SECOND SUPPLEMENT. CINCPAC-CINCPOA BULLETIN 53-45. 28 FEBRUARY 1945.
MACHINATO/^AIRFJELD
NAKAGUSUKU WAN
AvYONABARU AIRSTRIP
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
SAKJHAI
YONABARU KO
NAHA AIRFIELD
ITOMAN AIRSTRIP
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
SAKiBARU-SAKI
LEGEND
-6- MORTAR POSITIONS
COASTAL DEFENSE GUN
COASTAL DEFENSE GUN (CASEMATED)
COASTAL DEFENSE GUN EMPLACEMENT (EMPTY)
* SINGLE MOUNT DUAL PURPOSE GUN (120 mm)
DUAL PURPOSE GUN EMPLACEMENT (EMPTY) (REVETMENT DIAMETER 22'-36')
* SINGLE MOUNT HEAVY AA (GUN SIZE 13mm - 4 0 m m )
HEAVY AA EMPLACEMENT (EMPTY) (REVETMENT DIAMETER I6'~2O)
<i> SINGLE MOUNT AUTOMATIC AA (GUN SIZE 13mm - 4 0 m m )
AUTOMATIC AA EMPLACEMENT (EMPTY) (REVETMENT DIAMETER 8'-16')
ARTILLERY EMPLACEMENT
ARTILLERY EMPLACEMENT (COVERED)
BLOCKHOUSE
KOMESU ^ ^ PILLBOX
6 MACHINE GUN EMPLACEMENT (13mm OR UNDER)
SHEET 2 OF 2 i RIFLE PIT OR FOXHOLE
O EMPTY REVETMENT
. DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS
• COMMAND POST
SOUTHERN OKINAWA SHIMA IB RADIO DIRECTION FINDER
RADAR
NANSEI SHOTO SEARCHLIGHT
A RADIO TOWER
AS OF 22 JANUARY 1945 OBSERVATION POST
© UNIDENTIFIED INSTALLATION
APPROXIMATE SCALE IN YARDS
000 0 1000 2000 COMMUNICATION AND FIRE TRENCH
ANTI-TANK TRENCH
CHIYAMU ZAKI <AX
ANT-BOAT BARRIER
UNDERGROUND ENTRANCE OR DUGOUT
JICPOA L-5O225-23 OKINAWA GUNTO. SECOND SUPPLEMENT. CINCPAC-CINCPOA BULLETIN 53-45. 28 FEBRUARY 1945.
' MILITARY ACTIVITY
LEGEND
SETAKE SAKI
$ COSTAL DEFENSE GUN EMPLACEMENT (EMPTY)
(& AUTOMATIC AA EMPLACEMENT (REVETMENT DIAMETER 8' X 16") HK "= ADAGAA SHIMA
l ARTILLERY EMPLACEMENT
BISE SAKI
\JENNIYA
J BANNO SAKI
^KAYO
DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS OF
SESOKO*M\\-- SESOKO 'tyfsk NORTHERN
OKINAWA SHIMA
AND ADJACENT ISLANDS
NANSEI SHOTO
AS OF 22 JANUARY 1945
KUSHI WAN
APPROXIMATE SCALE IN YARDS
K>OO 0 IOOO 2 0 0 0 3000 4000 5000
RIFLE PITS
v% n
LEGEND
OUTPOST UNIT RANGING FROM SQUAD
SETAKE SAKI
TO A PLATOON
cb INFANTRY CO.
• INFANTRY BATTALION
•INFANTRY REGIMENT
MOTOBU
PENINSULA
BISE SAKI
f-JENNIYA
BANNO SAKI
SHI MA
f - ^ _ _ i i ^ # ABUORU SHIMA
ORA WAN
KANNA ^ /
IICHI BANARE
' OSUNOHANA
'"'c.
CHIMU WAN
KOGUSUKU
SAKI
- MINAMI UKIBARU
is BANARE
r; Uy /
INFANTRY CO.
INFANTRY BATTALION
INFANTRY REGIMENT
SEHiCHINBARO J
8 STRONG POINTS
6 OUTPOSTS
2 5 - 7 5 mm HEAVY A A
10-12 cm DP GUNS
TROOP DISPOSITIONS MAP
9 (POSSIBLY I!) CD GUNS
SOUTHERN 138 AUTO AA
OKINAWA SHIMA
AND ADJACENT ISLANDS
NANSEI SHOTO
AS OF 22 JANUARY 1945
( APPROXIMATE SCALE IN YARDS
B. Ht FIELDS
Location
The airfield occupies the western half of IE
wide. • • •.
Runways
4,350' x l60Tf N/S, coral surfaced
5 , 1 0 0 ' x l60 NS/SW, coral surfaced
5 , 0 0 0 ' x 160' NE/3W, coral surfaced
4 , 4 0 0 ' /S, under construction, 50 per
cent complete
Facilities
No hangars are present, and only minor repair
Defenses
Air defenses are totaled as follows:
19 laachine guns
Remarks
The airfield remains essentially as it appeared
Shima.
.ze
Operational, well) developed, and with good
Runways
1. /;.., 750' x 500' N/S, limestone surfaced
construction
Facilities
Emergency maintenance only is available, as
Dispersal:
Twenty-six fighter and 23 bomber revetments
under construction.
Air
Air defenses totaled below include machine guns
Defenses
only when their use is primarily as antiaircraft.
4 dual-purpose guns
2 dua1-purpose ( empty)
11 machine guns
Hemaric
Principal changes shown by photographic cover
billeting.
15
OKINAWA GUIITC SECOND SUPPLEMENT
nearly completed.
destroyed. •
camouflaged.
destroyed.
School.
destroyed.
north-south line.
fSj.(APPROX)
LEGEND
AUTOMATIC AA
ARTILLERY POSITION
PILLBOX
POSSIBLE PILLBOX
ANTI-TANK TRENCH
IE SHIMA AIRFIELD
ANTI-TANK BARRIER
IE SHIMA, OKINAWA GUNTO
TRENCH
TRENCH WITH RIFLE PITS LAT. 26° 43'N., LONG. 127° 46' E.
C SEARCHLIGHT
AS OF 22 JANUARY 1945
M BURIED STORES
m TOMB
•• BUILDING
TAX I WAY
1
— i — ' DRAINAGE DITCH
MAIN ROAD
***M* C O R A L REEF
NAHA AIRFIELD
Sortie 3PR5M3-2V-21BC
3 January 1945
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Cl-NGPAC-CIIIiiPOA BULLETIN No. 53-45 28 Feb. 1945
Area
present.
destroyed.
munber 36) .
number 34) •
Runway
1. 4,650' x 2 6 0 f NE/5W, coral surfaced
Facilities
No hangars &re observed. The administration
Dispersal
Nineteen concrete arch-type fighter shelters
Defenses
Air defenses are as follows:
Changes and
The following are the important changes that
Additions:
have occurred within the Y0NTAN Airfield area
defense discussion.
Target Area
OK- 2:
07.
Two large and two small buildings are destroyed..
09.
The emplacements for this battery of six heavy
19.
The emplacements for this battery of six auto
19
appeal' to be empty.
building remains.
Location:
Southern part of OKINAWA Sbima about 1,000 yards
Size of
Roughly 4,700 yards square.
Area:
Runways: .
There is a single coral surfaced runway, 4,500'
Facilities:
No hangarc or repair facilities are apparent.
field.
Dispersal:
Planes are dispersed in 32 revetments and live
Defenses:
Air defenses are as follows:
6 empty revetments
Changes and
Trio following are the important oh-in^c-p chat
Additions:
have occurred within the iC/iTiINA Airfield area
defense discussion.
fields.
20
JICPOA L-SO222-3?
YONTAN AIRFIELD
(Annotations as of 22 January)
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3 January 1945
KINAWA GCTPC^SECONB SUPPLEMENT
appear to be unoccupied.
been destroyed.
apparent,
under construction.
struction.
Location:
This airfield lies en the coastal plain 5,000
OKINAWA Shima.
Size:
The field occupies an area approximately 1,500
poorly developed.
Runway:
' 1. 4,500* x 150 f IJE/SW, limestone surfaced
|!
i ae i 1 it i e s:
None
Dispersal:
No prepared dispersal areas.
. Air
None are observed.
Lefjnses:
fv«ir;ar>:s:
Froia 10 October 1944 to 22 January 1945, the
Additions:
now smoothed.
is not present.
present.
unidentified.
S f l t p BULLETIN No. 53
stores.
of distillators.
stream.
following observations:
Ho now construction.
Y01TABARIT AIHI'TEL'D . (HLG u/c ) 26°13 f N., " 12?°46 '£. ( seo photo )
.MAXAOASUKU W a n .
o,100 f x"200*.
intended.
24
OKINAWA GUNTO. SECOND SUPPLEMENT.
MACHINATO AIRFIELD
Sortie 3PR5M3-2V-21BC
3 January 1945
25
OKINAWA GUNTO. SECOND SUPPLEMENT.
CINCPAC-ONCPOA BULLETIN 5 3 - 4 5 . 28 FEBRUARY 1945.
JICPOA L" 5 0 2 2 4 - 5
YONABARU AIRFIELD
26
OKINAWA 6UNTO. SECOND SUPPLEMENT.
ZAHANA
VILLAGE
ITOMAN
AIRSTRIP
U/C 1
NAHA
AIRFIELD
3 MILES
ISI APPROX.
Uncontrolled Mosaic
ITOMAN of ITOMAN Airstrip
TOWN and ITOMAN Town.
Sortie CV-19-80
21 January 1945
DESTROYED
AREA
JK5POA L-50222-3*
27
OKINAWA GUNTO. SECOND SUPPLEMENT.
CINCPAC-CINCPOA BULLETIN 5 3 - 4 5 . 28 FEBRUARY 1945.
JICPOAL-50282" 30
TOGUCHI Town
Sortie MR7-14PL
29 September 1944
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S o r t i e 3PR5M3-2V, 3 January 1945
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•OKINAWA GOIJTO SECOND SUPPLEMENT. . •
:
C . T O W K S ' ••••••-•• ' •-•" - '
but the main piers are clear. The roads are clear and re
The railway station and yards are seriously damaged, and one•
up area is destroyed.
•r
30
GECCIJD SUFPLiMNT
destroyed.
cent destroyed.
of 55 * is undamaged.
buildings arc-destroyed.
31
NT
destroyed, . *
is destroyed. «
#35 - Pier #2, All the louse stores are dostroyc-d and
destroyed.
destroyed.
32
CKI:JA7/A G1JITTC SSGOND SUPPLEMENT
#53 - Ten acre open area storage with a 55* x 130* ware
the area is about ,10 per cent covered with loose store.f..
warehouses, offices, stores and dvv ell ings. About 25 per cent
gets.
33
•OKINAWA GUNTO 52G0ND SUPPLEMENT
defenses is observed.
Y0IJA3AHU TOV/N
SHURI TOWN
A. SUMMARY
KERALA Retto is a group of small islands lying off
land .
inland from OIZUNO Saki and 1,000 yards north of the town
35
1090
3180
yridt/1 is 9O'
13 65*20/13 f? C beam and Ramped approaches
Asa to P.. Upstream fmU s/ab, trest/e. A/ 95'. S 180' Ttvo. upstream
width is 24O1 bent pier
RC beam & s/ab
.'4 65'26,;8 trest/e bent pier Can be bypassed, as
R C /on spring
/S 88' 29/1'6 arch on frest/e Several
MahaCana/ bents
t3A PC.Jeck, *r Approaches A' 3I5''35', S3I5* Road & bridges along inland
bent p:ers 35' into t-dai es'uary side oftidai estuary.
Mafia Harbor
ISO ck, frest/e Approaches -M. 235 * 35', S 28d See above On route selectee/
Kaha Harbor • 335 " 25/35 f4 bent o:ers *35', WM> tidal estuary by /O™ Army engineers.
300*25/30 3
17 max 35' Probab/y fordable at /on tide.
(Approximate.)
18 45*/O/2O R C or- Ms About O 6mi downstream
23*20/3 Mas
N9TE 7><fse da a are essen sly •*/?« sa-ne as the tabulation dated !8 Jan 45, and
have been :rc!uded rvi * 'As mar to provide, a n->r-e usable docur^en*
OKINAWA SHIMA
BRIDGE LOCATIONS
IN
3160 SOUTHERN OKINAWA
64THENGRBN. USAFCPBC NO 4148 DEC. 1944
LEGEND
SHEET INDEX
1090
1090 MOO II10
1080
3200
J200
33 23 ' /6//O /rest) Mas Approaches 32' into stream Alarrom bridge 400 upstream
NOTE: These data are essentially the same as the tabulation dateo 18 Jan 45, and
have been included with this map to pro,'ide a more usable document
OKINAWA SHIMA
BRIDGE LOCATIONS
SHEET INDEX
IN
SOUTHERN OKINAWA
LEGEND
KEY MAP
OKINAWA GUNTO
Possible
amphibious
tank base
wmam
OKINAWA GROUP
KERAMA ISLANDS
AND PASSAGES
1
, SA<m
36
270° Approx.
1
1
1
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^ B E A C H NO. 4 ' " ^ ^ ^
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North end of TOKASHIKI-SHIMA
uu
Sortie WASP 393-22JAN45.
2 7 o . p p r o , WKA
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8 • • •••
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. . .
TOKASHIKI-SHIMA
GISHIBE^ SHIMA
OJSNAWA (JUNTO .SECOND SUPPLEMENT
of thvj beach being the landing area for the town and also
beach at each end, woll suited and well sited for anti
0. INDIVIDUAL ISLANDS
TOKASHIKI SIIIMA
inile.s wido. For tho most part, oho coast rises r.s cliffs
ing rocks.
over reef.
38
OKINAWA "GliNTO SECOND SUPPLEMENT
edgo.
39
SECOND SUFPIEMEHT
ded down a steop slope on fcho west side of the island be
GISIilES 3HIMA
FJKASE SHIMA
GTJ3U10T SKIMA
300 ft. .
ZAM/^II SKIMA
1+50 ft. Throe small villages and some rice and dry crops
occupy the few low flr-t ar-3as along tho soutnorn coast.
with small hwochos on the eastern, nor thorn, and wot* torn
,\KENASHIK1 SH1UA.
yards witz, anc1. is low and flat with a reeky point at the
AMUKO 3KJMA
nile wide near the southern end. A steep rocky ridg-3 runs
41
-OKINAWA GUNTO SECOND SUPPLEMENT
ir
KA SKIMA
runs into the se-'x near the northeast corner of the island.
channel.
ern end of the island. A cart track leads from AKA through
covered riso. Three tracks eight ft. wide have been cut
through this rise and another angles over it; all of these
short vrlloys reach the soa. The valley sides and bottoms
nels .separate GERUMA. Shima from AKA Shima to the north and
ed by r! fringing reef.
The only beac'fc of any size (170 yds.) lies along the
these beaches t^ere are many trails and soiaa small ex
cavations.
of about 200 ft. A few rough canyons cut into the rock and
tion but trails lead to the fields from sone small beaches
row channel. Two rock outcrops lie off ths so atnom tip
RAKIT Shim a.
NAKA- Shina, is 750 yds. long north-south and 330 yds. wide.
diameter and is not naned.. All rise quite steeply and are
ing reef.
LIAE SlUMA
village,
nost gentle where two trails cross a low saddle at. the
There are two 400 to 500 yd. beaches, (:.ne along either
side of tho north tip of the island. They are both backed
43
OKINAWA GUNTO. SECOND SUPPLEMENT
S o r t i e YORK 257-22JAN45.
44
.OKINAWA Ol'KTO S&COND SliP]
CIIJ:3PAC-GINCP0A EUIXF.TItT No. 53~4? 28 F e b . 1945
\
. YAKABI SHT&tA (YAKAN JTMA) (see'photo)•
YAKABI Shijnr.. i s n e a r l y o v a l "In s h a p e , t h e n o r t h e a s t -
southwest axis bbing 1-1/8 miles. I t r i s e s in steep slopes
and c l i f f s to n-re si-an 600 f t . . Tho rough terrain i s cov
ered by brush and t r e e s . In a snail valley, in the south-'
eastern part of the inland there i s a rii.no, a compact group
'...f builriinSs, and a few cultivated f i e l d s . A 350-ft. pier
extendc fron the southeastern t i p . The island is surround
ed by a fringing reof. '
Excavation a Lave bssa. imdo in nany places ^n tho east
ern f.iiid wet-tern «lop«s of the island. Most of the work
has boon clone iu tho up.por reaches of the snail valley on
tho southeastern,slope. .Many piles of t a i l i n g s , some
small .buildings, and jevoral tunnel ontrancec can bo seen
near tho head of the vs'lloy. A narrow trail," probably a
riarrovv-gauge railway, runs froa.load ing chutes around the
hillsi'-o to a group of connected buildings. This group
eppe.-rs to include a cr.ugii.iaig und /.tilling u n i t . A prob
ablo narrow gauge rn.ilro?^ runs X'ror.i the lowest of these
buildings to the pi&r o.fc the tip of • tho'island. A j-'ipe
line or fiune carries a micifiy residue fron' t h i s building
to a point nerir ti:o bo&ch, v;hex*o 9 dolta-like deposit has
tesou i'cn.ie'I. TJ.O^C is a anall piivvdo?.* iiagazino on the '
h i l l s i d e bol^w the -nine.
At Ulie b.;wtcn of the vrlley there is a lar.^o building
cai"a;-uflagc painted, prcbribly a pewor i^la.ut. Two radio
nasts st'.:.nd part v;ay up the northorn Idilsirje. At the •
niouti: v.-f the vniloy, peer the boaoh, stands a conpact
gr'^up ( f buildings. Soiiu are apparontiy workers1 quarters
and '..ti:orn- to tuo suuth, possibly v/.M'chv-uses or storage
buiiuin^j. I t npp«3aro that a nuj.tLer of buili'-ings have been
destroyed at the northern and • f the settlement.
. The 35O-ft« pier- is b u i l t of stone* i s abnit 20 f t ,
wide oxia. supports a oran-j at itq outer ond. .A line -of'
poles'rang frua trie settl^i.ont Lirt- to the end of tile p i e r .
Sczvi o;,r^i has been drodgod along the pier and in a nar
row channel thr-u^h the roef. ' • . '- •
What 6ippj?,rF bo be a hand-poworod narrow-gauge r a i l - .
road runs tho length of the pier, along the ooast, through
the Gfctuloraent and up to >\ sr.iall building attached to the
power ho',UK;. A br'.uich ^cos to tho possible n i l l ' buildings.
Trf.i.il.s crocL"; the island between the excavation sites,, but
,nc,no penotratc) the -northern end of tho island. •
There- are two beeches along tlio si-;rclino; one l i e s
just 3«.uth of a rv^cky point on tho v»-wst r.io.e. It is ^90
yds. long and backed by steop roiopes. • S'..xue t a i l i n g s from
the excavations arrive s p i l l dovm on the sand.. The other
b-juc}-, is. at the n<.uth^of the s/ir/Il vnlloy below the nine.
I t is 680 yd3. long, varying in v/id-U: -frori a few yards at
tuc nortj.ern end t,: 60 yds. in front of .the settlement.
Th-j be -oli is ciuttor-od with so.no smoll b«->uts, but exit to
th-3 tcviii would not be d i f f i c u l t . The southern part :.s
lined with middy reniduo fron the Milling processes cf the
nine..
OKINAWA GUNTO SECOND SUPPLEMENT
power house, near this small building, and down the hill
beach.
slope.
ment and east to the head of the incline. Other trails run
down the hill, neraiVithe incline, to the beach and from the
yds, long), on the north coast (150 yds. long) and just
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TORI SHIM
KUME SHIMA
OKINAWA SHI MA
KERAMA RETTO
4 5
TARAMA
S '
MIYl&KO SHIMA
ISHIGAKI SHIMA
40' 50 127*
Possible observation
3 possible auto AA
6USHIKAWA
KITABARU
Nishime Saki
26° 26'
20' 20
6 possible auto AA
finergency
landing
ground
50'
127'
JCPC» L-50224-3
OKINAWA GUNTO
KUME SMIMA
From H.O. Chart No. 38
47
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of tf/ie .CLrch> bo& pa/nc'ad yv/^h varf/ny asnooniis of
V. ,
KUME SHIMA
28 Feb.
26 U2O»N., I26 U 4? T E.
these areas. Tho principal towns are GILIA. and. OTA, an the
and £110A in the east aeuitral part of tho island, with about
150 buildings.
chimney-typo grid.
thu island
landing oroa
V. AOUNI SEIMA
The reef is very cluse inshure c-.iong ail the- ct>aet oxotpt
north, tho dune flattens 'jut t-j make tm exit n^ore foaaible.
Along tho coast near the two t A/ns tncre are three places
breakwater.
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•OKINAWA GUIITO SHOOED SUPPLEMENT
Tuwn :>f TONAKI. The inner slopes and small valleys are
dry crops. The rough, hilly area sloping to the sea on the
the west and two un the' eastern side of the island. Several
dunes. The southern half of t.ho beach al^ng the west coast
Lat.
feet. There are .four towns near the eastern, western and
fringing reef.
SHO
Lat. 26°15IN.J Long. 127°33fE.
islands.
KAMIYAMA. SKBIA
26 F e b r u a r y 1945 - S e r i a l DJS-261450.
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arid Pacific. Ocean Areas..
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'••' GUNTO.
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